GA Child Welfare Legal Academy 

Our next Child Welfare Legal Academy will continue to explore the theme of openness in the child welfare system by examining the practice of open adoptions.  Open adoptions, in which the biological and adoptive families have access to each other to varying degrees, are not a new phenomenon.  Historically, most adoptive and biological parents have contact at least during the adoption process, but adoptions became closed due to a range of social pressures.  In recent decades, open adoptions have become more common as the social stigma has lessened and research has suggested that openness is better for the child.  Today, 60 to 70 percent of domestic adoptions are open.  Join us on Friday, September 5, from 1:30-3:45pm at Emory Law School to hear a range of personal and professional reflections on this topic.

COST:
Registration:  $10  (cash/check at the door)
Registration + 2.0 CLE credits (GA Attorneys only):  $20 (cash/check at the door).
If you do not need CLE, you may simply pay the registration fee only.  For faster check-in, please have checks written and made payable to "Emory University."

Online registration is strongly encouraged. We aplogize that the online payment option is not available at this time. Please note that the nonrefundable registration fee for all participants is $10 and includes materials, 3-hour parking in the hospital visitor parking deck, and light refreshments.